Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that there was a huge aerial attack throughout many regions overnight, with more than 50 missiles and almost 500 attack drones hitting targets from Lviv to Odesa on Sunday, October 5, 2025.
Zelenskyy added that the coordinated attack used cruise missiles, “Shahed”-type drones, and Kinzhal ballistic missiles. He said that Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Odesa, and Kirovohrad were some of the areas that were hit. The president announced that at least five people had died and about 10 had been hurt. He also sent his condolences to the families of those who were hurt.
Local officials said that electricity and civilian facilities were badly damaged, and the western city of Lviv was hit hard by one of the war’s biggest hits. The first numbers of deaths and damage were mostly in line with independent counts released on the same day by major news agencies.
Zelenskyy asked for air defense systems to be delivered more quickly and claimed that a “unilateral ceasefire in the skies” may lead to negotiations. He also suggested that the US and Europe “must act” to stop the attacks. He also claimed that Russia was working to lower gas output, power generation, and transmission before winter, and that executives of Ukrainian energy companies and officials in charge of the interior were giving him daily reports on the rescue and repairs.
The president said that technology export regulations need to be stricter. He said that Russian strike drones have parts made in other countries that are linked to supply chains that go through the United States, China, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, and the Netherlands. He noted that ideas for stopping these flows have been sent to partners before the G7 sanctions coordinators meet next week.
What’s next: Kyiv wants its allies to speed up the delivery of air defense systems and to push for fresh sanctions or enforcement actions at the next G7 talks. Ukrainian emergency services are still working to get things back to normal and fix infrastructure in the areas that were struck the hardest.
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